Sustainable Aviation is a comprehensive strategy for the long term sustainability of the UK aviation industry. This pioneering initiative brings together the UK’s leading airlines, airports, aerospace manufacturers and air navigation service providers. Signatories to the strategy are committed to delivering significant reductions in carbon dioxide emissions, nitrogen oxide emissions and aircraft noise over the next 15 years. Sustainable Aviation establishes mechanisms for monitoring and regular reporting of progress toward a range of specific objectives.

Overview

The Strategy sets out the industry’s vision for a sustainable future through a series of eight goals and 34 commitments, relating to economic, environmental and social aspects of aviation. Specifically, these include:

• Limiting climate change impact by improving fuel efficiency and CO2 emissions by 50 per cent per seat kilometre by 2020 compared with 2000 levels;
• Improving air quality by reducing nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions by 80 per cent over the same period;
• Lowering the perceived external noise of new aircraft by 50 per cent by 2020 compared with their 2000 equivalents;
• Establishing a common system for the reporting of total CO2 emissions and fleet fuel efficiency by the end of 2005, and pressing for aviation’s inclusion in the EU emissions trading scheme at the earliest possible date;
• New airport plans for community-related noise limitations, including landing and take-off restrictions where necessary.

We have established a governance structure to ensure implementation and communication of the Strategy. This comprises a pan-industry, high-level Sustainable Aviation Council and a Working Group, supported by a series of thematic sub-groups (e.g climate change, noise abatement).

Signatories

A full list of Sustainable Aviation strategy signatories appears below. Clicking on the logos will take you directly to the signatory’s own website.

Airlines

Thomas Cook
Bmi

Air Navigation Service Provider

Airports

Manufacturers

Goodrich Engine Control Systems	Meggitt PLC	GE Aviation
West of England Aerospace